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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Angry from the bottom of the hearts: 50,000 demonstrators demand PM Abe resign

On July 15, 2015, various people rushed to
the Parliament House after they heard the “War Bill” forced through the lower
house committee. At an evening rally, OKADA Katsuya, the leader of the
Democratic Party of Japan, the biggest opposition party, said, “Thanks to your
struggle, Prime Minister Abe is being pushed to the wall. Let’s continue the
struggle until the end of the Diet session and have the unconstitutional bill
repealed”. Abe’s runaway has prompted unity of opposition parties, making them
a “democratic force against the Abe dictatorship”. Everybody chanted from the
bottom of their hearts, “Down with Abe! Immediately!” The rally was taken over
by a student group called “SEALDs”. The demonstrators finally filled the
sidewalk and spilled out onto the road (photo). The number of the demonstrators
reached 50,000. (M)